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Home Front: Politix
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit from College Student Hit by Car While Protesting Trump
2019-07-20
Play stupid games - Win stupid prizes
[Legal Insurrection] In November of 2016 right after the election, students at UC San Diego tried to take over a freeway at night while protesting Trump. A girl was hit by a car and then tried to sue the school. A judge just told her that’s not going to fly.

The College Fix reports:
Court dismisses lawsuit filed by student hit by vehicle during anti-Trump freeway protest

A judge has tossed out a personal injury lawsuit filed by a young woman who sued UC San Diego and others after she was hit by a vehicle as she protested the election of Donald Trump in the middle of a busy San Diego freeway.

The San Diego Superior Court has issued a notice of dismissal against Maria Ana Carrola Flores’ case, according to court documents obtained by The College Fix.

Flores, reportedly a UCSD student at the time of the November 2016 incident, partly blamed campus officials in her lawsuit, alleging Resident Advisors had effectively organized the protest by encouraging it, therefore campus officials shared responsibility for her injuries.

Her case was officially dismissed without prejudice on May 26, court documents show.

Reached for comment, her attorney Jerold Sullivan told The College Fix that the outcome was "a tragedy" and that the case will not be refiled.

"The person that ran her over did not have insurance and is judgement proof with no assets. Ms. Flores is left with no recourse for catastrophic physical injuries and a lifetime of medical expenses," he said.
Prolly an Illegal. The tragedy is Sullivan won't be getting paid. Oh wait. The best part, not tragedy
UCSD declined to comment to The College Fix...

The lawsuit, filed in 2017, named as defendants the UC system Board of Regents, the city and county of San Diego, the driver of the vehicle, and UC San Diego.

But late last year, Sullivan had filed an amended complaint that did not name the city and county of San Diego as defendants after a judge ruled the two entities bore no responsibility in the case, the UCSD Guardian reported.

Sullivan has noted that Flores never saw herself as completely fault-free in the accident, yet others listed in the lawsuit should be required to bear some of the responsibility.
Posted by:Frank G

#9  Noone going to look into who was driving?

Or the MSM looked and found an anti-narrative so they covered that aspect with a pillow.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-07-20 18:34  

#8  Darwin Award opportunity missed
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-20 17:53  

#7  Time for some remedial uni courses - like Don't Play in the Street 101.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-07-20 17:11  

#6  "Security" can't prevent inertia ya stoopid bish
Posted by: Frank G   2019-07-20 16:03  

#5  For information, from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the size and shape of the bed the girl woman from Compton made:

Flores’ attorney, Jerold “Gene” Sullivan in Manhattan Beach, said by telephone on Tuesday that his client suffered multiple broken bones and has permanent disabilities.

He said Flores accepts some responsibility for her injuries — but not all of it.

“We think it’s a case of shared responsibility of the school, Maria and the driver, and we’re not saying that anybody is without fault or fault-free,” Sullivan said. “We think other people bear some responsibility as well.”

Specifically, the lawsuit alleges UCSD or the UC Board of Regents bear some responsibility for the protest. The lawsuit says the school and other defendants did not contain the protest and allowed it to spill onto the freeway, where security was inadequate to keep protesters safe.

All learning is useful, ‘tis said, but the bit about not running into traffic, — while usually taught when one’s age is in the small single digits — is definitely more useful than most. And it will be nailed home as her income is garnished (or her credit history tarnished by non-payment) to pay off her hospital bills. Unless she is on Medicaid — they seem to just pay without questioning, and it’s harder to get them to pass the charges on when appropriate than to just let the payment stand.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-07-20 15:44  

#4  She mader her bed. Let her sleep in it.
Posted by: warthogswife   2019-07-20 12:09  

#3  How did this maroon get into UCSD? Affirmative action in UC admissions was struck down years ago.
Posted by: Lex   2019-07-20 10:39  

#2  She should've sued Trump - she would probably have won that.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-07-20 09:35  

#1  Stupid is as stupid does
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442   2019-07-20 06:31  

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